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Who, in your opineon, is the greateast singer, band/musician of all time?
I think Frank Sinatra is the best that ever lived.
What do you think?

Björk

Who, in your opineon, is the greateast singer, band/musician of all time?
I think Frank Sinatra is the best that ever lived.
What do you think?

The Clash :cool:

Can't get better than Led Zeppelin.

Jimi Hendrix, hands down.

The talking heads/David Byrne are also very good, although not as good as Hendrix.

Janis Joplin is the greatests singer of all time. No contest.

As to the greatest band, the Velvet Underground maybe?

taking back sunday owns any other band ever.

Greatest band? My vote would go to Emperor.

Best singer? Either Christina Scabia, Tarja from Nightwish or Ihriel from Peccatum. Or some opera singer.

Greatest writer of music? Shostakovitch, hands down.

Venetian Snares

or Bach if I have to be technical

From your list, Sinatra for sure!

my favourite singer is a dice roll between Chris Cornell, Maynard Keenan or Mike Patton.

Fav. band - any involving these 3

Musician - Really depends on what type of music we're talking about

Pink Floyd would definately have my choice for best album ever (the Wall), but the best singer/band/musician I would probably have to say... ... Pink Floyd as best band/musician(s) and best singer would be Sebastian Bach or Rob Halford.

all of you are wrong! Freddie Mercury is THE BEST!!! Queen was ok but Mercury is a rock god.

Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, or Hank Williams Sr.

taking back sunday owns any other band ever.

taking back sunday does rule, but not the best of all time. i would say a band with a great legacy, like u2, metallica, or led zeppelin.

Gotta be either Jurassic 5, or the Beastie Boys...probably the Beasties.

Wow, so many no-namers named here.
Not to insult other peoples' tastes in music, but I honestly don't believe ANY band nowadays can equal that of the bands from the 70s. Like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, and even Aerosmith. Steven Tyler has one of the greatest ranges I've ever heard. I don't know if I'd count Robert Plant as one of the greater singers, but definitely John Bonham is an astounding drummer. Dave Guilmore is a guitar god, and just the whole ensemble of the Rolling Stones should speak for itself. And has anyone taken into consideration the talent of Guns N Roses? But to finalize my opinions, here's a list:
Greatest Band: Aerosmith (so upbeat and insane, pure rock, yet with their own repertoire of slow, easy songs)
Greatest Album: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (I love so many songs from Pink Floyd on there, there's no song on there that I don't like)
Greatest Singer: Steven Tyler (huge range)
Greatest Guitarist: Eric Clapton (I don't know how he does it, but he does. Hendrix was all show)
Greatest Drummer: John Bonham (as I drummer, I know drumming coolness when I find it, and he is amazing)
Greatest Bassist: Jon Paul Jones (another Led Zeppelin member, he had some awesome solos, particularly in Good Times Bad Times)
There you go. The opinions of the President of the Confederacy of Rickahna on rock music. It kicks ass.

nat king cole beats sinatra hands down

Phish by far.
breakdown--
Guitar: Trey Anastasio
Bass: Mike Gordon
Keys: Page McConnell
Drums: Jon Fishman

Barenaked Ladies / Perry Como. I grant it's a peculiar combination, but Steve Page (co-lead of BNL) sounds a lot like Perry to me.

Rush

Wow, so many no-namers named here.
Not to insult other peoples' tastes in music, but I honestly don't believe ANY band nowadays can equal that of the bands from the 70s. Like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, and even Aerosmith. Steven Tyler has one of the greatest ranges I've ever heard. I don't know if I'd count Robert Plant as one of the greater singers, but definitely John Bonham is an astounding drummer. Dave Guilmore is a guitar god, and just the whole ensemble of the Rolling Stones should speak for itself. And has anyone taken into consideration the talent of Guns N Roses? But to finalize my opinions, here's a list:
Greatest Band: Aerosmith (so upbeat and insane, pure rock, yet with their own repertoire of slow, easy songs)
Greatest Album: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (I love so many songs from Pink Floyd on there, there's no song on there that I don't like)
Greatest Singer: Steven Tyler (huge range)
Greatest Guitarist: Eric Clapton (I don't know how he does it, but he does. Hendrix was all show)
Greatest Drummer: John Bonham (as I drummer, I know drumming coolness when I find it, and he is amazing)
Greatest Bassist: Jon Paul Jones (another Led Zeppelin member, he had some awesome solos, particularly in Good Times Bad Times)
There you go. The opinions of the President of the Confederacy of Rickahna on rock music. It kicks ass.

I know how you feel, amigo! Throw Deep Purple up there, Alice Cooper (just for bein' so damn cool), and Guns N' Roses and I'm set!

The Cure.

Bob Dylan....bitch!

My personal favorite is Herbie Hancock.

Top 5:
Jurrasic 5, Led Zep, The Flaming Lips, The Killers, and Tupac

Worst 5: Will Smith, Slipknot, EMO (the genre), Celine Dion, Baby Y Mackie Ranks (PR group, GOD I HATE THEM)

Who, in your opineon, is the greateast singer, band/musician of all time?

Singer: Pat Benetar or Tori Amos
Band: The Doors
Musician: Frank Zappa or Prince

Some of the better ones:
System of a Down
Rammstein
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Ногу Свело!
Pink Floyd

The above not being in any order.

Nirvana, easily.

Singer - Tori Amos, the girl has a massive range; great pianist too.

Best band - Led Zep

nirvana is one of the best, no doubt about that :)

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. (Sigh)

You all are forgetting RUSH...obviously, a band that stays together for 30 years and can still rock is the best ever.
JAL

Parliament and Funkadelic! Put a glide in your stride, a dip in your hip and climb aboard the Mothership!

There are so many greats that come in close. Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Jeff Beck, Jaco Pastorius, Tower of Power, Frank Zappa.

Queen

Gotta go with Queen, closely followed by U2 & Led Zeppelin

Robert Johnson.
King of the Delta Blues.

Lots of great choices here. But none of them would have sung or played the way they do without Louis Armstrong (not so much late Louis, but the groundbreaking, world-famous genius of 20's and 30's Louis).

He basically created an entire genre of vocalising and phrasing, which in one way or other has been copied & modified throughout the century, from jazz singers, blues singers, rock singers, etc.

Greatest Bassist: Jon Paul Jones (another Led Zeppelin member, he had some awesome solos, particularly in Good Times Bad Times).
I've played bass for 15 years.
No John Paul Jones is pocket bassist-nothing special.
Victor Whooten-Best alive or dead of anyone I have ever encountered-anyone better is an unknown.
Jaco Pastori is far better.
Geddy Lee is better.
Cliff Burton was better.
Flea is better.
LZ is over rated.

Lots of great choices here. But none of them would have sung or played the way they do without Louis Armstrong (not so much late Louis, but the groundbreaking, world-famous genius of 20's and 30's Louis).

He basically created an entire genre of vocalising and phrasing, which in one way or other has been copied & modified throughout the century, from jazz singers, blues singers, rock singers, etc.
Louis Armstrong is a fairly influential.
However, several musicians-Like Robert Johnson are equally influential if not more so.
Over all lines of music however I will give louis the winner seat.

I would never take away the influence that some musicians had on others. Robert Johnson of course had great influence. But Louis Armstrong influnced the type of music (and particularly the type of vocal phrasing) that Robert Johnson had. Louis was world-famous by 1925 (when Johnson was 14), and you couldn't escape the way that he sung.

Gotta be either Jurassic 5, or the Beastie Boys...probably the Beasties.


i agree the beasties are probably one of the most original and creative not to mention funny groups ever in the rap category but i have to say for the most rockinest band would have to be pennywise they rule the lyrics the music is all played with such enthusiasm and energy they are awesome less than jake is another great band just because they are so much fun to see live and i can relate to their songs

For his influence and decades of great music. David Bowie

omfg you all forgot black sabbath not really my generation but they kick ass

The Rolling Stones, no contest! :)

Eh, Other, but i cant make up my mind which exactly :)

Well, everybody's a critic. Hendrix is definitely one of the better guitar players I've heard, and a personal favourite from childhood, but I'm going to give the nod to Steve Vai for the six-stringer. Tori Amos on piano (and vocals) is just beautiful. The recent movie certainly helped remind people about Ray Charles (also a piano whiz).. but you know, I have a weakness for some pop-ish stuff from the 80's. I dig the Go-Go's. Jane's got a voice that just makes me melt, even 20 years later.

Best band - Lynyrd Skynyrd or Foo Fighters
Best singer- probably go with 'ol blue eyes
Best pop band - XTC
Best Guitarist- Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), closely followed by slow hand Clapton
Best female vocalist - Randy Crawford
Best Canadian band - Bare Naked Ladies
Best British band - Queen or Beatles

Of the list I'd have to say the Beatles as they were true legends even though Queen are probably my favourite of all time.

I'd like to give a shout out for Bon Jovi. I know they're not the best band ever, but I like them so...

Best Band: The Beatles
Best Singer: Sam Cooke
Best Musician: Nick Drake
Best Guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
Best Hip-Hop Artist: Outkast, (calling rap "crap" shows that the original poster doesn't really know that much about music)
Best Canadian Band: The Unicorns
Best British Band who aren't the Beatles: Radiohead
Worst Musician Ever: Ozzy Osbourne/Ringo Starr (tie)

The Best Vocalist of all time is Freddy Mercury, hands down.

My favorite band personally is Wolfsheim.

It's really impossible to say who the greatest all-time band is, because of generation gaps, genre differences, not to mention where you live and who you even hear has a huge effect on your opinion.

Indian Summer or Saetia.

Third Eye Blind

Franz Ferdinand are the greatest group hands down. IT'S ALWAYS BETTER ON HOLIDAY!
Best singer is competition between a collection of country singers. *feels unfashionable*

Mikorlias of Imardeavia

Third eye Blind, followed by NOFX, James Taylor, and Kalai.

Greatest band? My vote would go to Emperor.

Best singer? Either Christina Scabia, Tarja from Nightwish or Ihriel from Peccatum. Or some opera singer.
Cool! I was listening to Prometheus yesterday.

Have you ever heard of a Dutch band called the Gathering? Their singer Anneke van Geirsbergen is AMAZING.

Greatest Band: Aerosmith (so upbeat and insane, pure rock, yet with their own repertoire of slow, easy songs)
Greatest Album: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (I love so many songs from Pink Floyd on there, there's no song on there that I don't like)
Greatest Singer: Steven Tyler (huge range)
Greatest Guitarist: Eric Clapton (I don't know how he does it, but he does. Hendrix was all show)
Greatest Drummer: John Bonham (as I drummer, I know drumming coolness when I find it, and he is amazing)
Greatest Bassist: Jon Paul Jones (another Led Zeppelin member, he had some awesome solos, particularly in Good Times Bad Times)
There you go. The opinions of the President of the Confederacy of Rickahna on rock music. It kicks ass.
Aerosmith: dull
Pink Floyd: Brilliant, I'm in total agreement here
Steve Tyler: annoying
Eric Clapton: hasn't played an interesting note since about 1968. Cream was very good.
Bonzo: agreed
JPJ: great

€0.02

Franz Ferdinand are the greatest group hands down. IT'S ALWAYS BETTER ON HOLIDAY!
Best singer is competition between a collection of country singers. *feels unfashionable*

Mikorlias of Imardeavia

Johnny Cash and Hank Sr. were amazing vocalists.

Neko Case is the best vocalist going today, and she is a country musician. If you haven't heard her get something of hers.

Worst Musician Ever: Ozzy Osbourne
I would agree if Fred Durst didn't exist.

I would agree if Fred Durst didn't exist.

Fred Durst is a musician?

I would agree if Fred Durst didn't exist.

I don't think that Fred Durst has earned the right to be called a musician. At least Ozzy was the member of a not-shitty band at one time.

Best musican ever is Hendrix....bar none

bast band:korn or maybe system of a down

best singer: dont have 1 they tend to suck!

it seems im the youngest person hear hazaa :)

Cool! I was listening to Prometheus yesterday.

Have you ever heard of a Dutch band called the Gathering? Their singer Anneke van Geirsbergen is AMAZING.

I have heard of them, haven't had the chance to hear them yet, though.

While I really really like Jimi Hendrix, I wouldn't go so far as to say that he was the best musician ever.

When you talk about pure awesomeness of sound, I would have to go with Indian musicians like Ravi Shankar, and perhaps African styles, especially Ali Farka Toure. I personally perfer Tchaikovsky and Mendelsshon when it comes to western classical...of course, who can't like Beethoven. Bach was good too, but I think I have a preference for Russian composers. I also like Cuban and Caribbean music, like the Buena Vista Social Club.

The Blues and Jazz have also produced a fair amount of good musicians. Taj Mahal, Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and perhaps the Isley Brothers (although I suppose they are more funk/R&B) are ones that come to mind. There are also quite a few good Jazz artists around today.

When it comes to more modern styles, I would have to rate Jimi Hendrix as the best guitarist, with Stevie Ray Vaughn close behind. Bob Dylan is up there too.

As for best band, mabye the Who or Led Zeppelin? Both I like, and I don't think I would be able to rate one above the other. The Beatles were also very good, but I don't think they were ever instrumentally up to the standards of Zep and the Who. Jethro Tull deserves mention as well.

I think David Byrne and the Talking Heads are the best band of the late 70's-early 90's era. Very interesting and different music. David Byrne, while not possessing a technically good voice, gets my vote as best singer because he's just that awesome.

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Rap also gets...well...a bad rap these days which is not entirely deserved. While a good deal, perhaps even most of today's most publicized and advertised music is more sales pitch than band, rappers like the Beastie Boys and Jurassic 5 are much closer to what rap and hip-hop is supposed to be.

my god, do you guys not see the genious of taking back sunday or straylight run?

they are talented geniuses, the greatest of all time.

Peter Gabriel. The greatest singer/SOngwriter ever.